{"product_id":"9780007255931_the-bad-book-affair","title":"The Bad Book Affair","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bad Book Affair features the magnificently hapless Israel Armstrong – the duffle-coat wearing, navel-gazing Jewish librarian who solves crimes, mysteries, and domestic problems whilst driving a mobile library around the north coast of Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Bad Book Affair Israel finds himself on the verge of his thirtieth birthday and on the trail of a troubled missing teenager, the daughter of a local politician.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy has the young woman disappeared? Does it have something to do with Israel’s lending her A Clockwork Orange and Lady Chatterly’s Lover from the library’s special ‘Unshelved’ category? Will the young woman’s father run Israel out of town? How will Israel recover from his own break-up with his girlfriend, Gloria? And how exactly does a Jewish vegetarian celebrate his thirtieth birthday in Tumdrum? With a bacon scone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd will Israel and his irascible companion Ted ever agree about anything?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Sansom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895309127829,"sku":"9780007255931","price":20.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007255931_63b27122-de4b-4a1c-bcc7-f43cafb4e73c.jpg?v=1776888450","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007255931_the-bad-book-affair","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}